Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1951)
- f ICIrt YEAS 12 PAGES Tli Oregon wTatesznaa. Salem,! Oregon, Tuesday, September 13. 1S51 rma: 5c Ho, 174 I ! 1 V7 h - While workmen harry to finish Baker school, ?g children ff An the Fall classes In the new building Monday. Above, few first graders watch Mrs. Georgia Snodgrass torn a picture scroll as Lee Turner, Salem route t, paints the; trim outside are now underway tn the latest i te the building Itself. (Statesman Premier YosXida Is back in Ja pan, and other delegates to the San Francisco conference are home again or on the way. Reporters have told the story of the Ses sions and manv hiv' mmiuri their opinion on the consequences of the conference. To be effective, the treaty must be ratified by IS of the signatory powers. As far as the United States is concerned that seems probable, although a few extremists like Senator Ma lone of Nevada have denounced it Two questions arise: First, what will Russian do? Second, what is the future for Japan? " V ' - In the flush of success at San Francisco numerous expressions were heard that- Russia' suffered its greatest postwar diplomatic de feat. Gromyko fumbled,1 failed to make the most of seme ef his early opportunities, for instance, en the question of adoption of rules. The effect will be to reduce the pres tige of Russia around the world. Russia was repulsed, to be sure; but its appearance at San Fran cisco seemed to be more of a token gesture, a desire to be on the rec ord, particularly to preserve Its standing with red China. Moscow can .say to , Peiping, "We tried, but the imperialists wouldn't let you in. It was plain j from the news of the careful preparations made oy tne state department (Continued on editorial page, 4) roc M sv rKjm-M a m. xs.ij ., m. xje.. . Wheels Through Silverton Window . " '. - '. . . -' "" ! " ". SUteuua News Servtea ' SILVERTON, Sept- 17 Two spare wneeis irom an upenaea truck crashed through a window of the Dennis Ray Hannan home hi on uas su, cringing. a snower of plaster 'and broken glass Mon- The mishap occurred when the brakes on a truck, pulling a second fins mtlA tK. rk-V f. Ml forcing the driver, Shelton H. Duff, of . Portland, to head ; the runaway into a bank. j The two wheels, spinning off one upended truck, rolled across the' highway into . the , Hannan home. Some 75 gallons of gasoline also spilled out of the two trucks. Dringmg me 2oivenon rare de partment' which sprayed the area with foam. j No one was injured. ! r S '. . COMTTON APPOINTED ! WASHINGTON, Sept. It (A The ste department today ap- Doutiea lit. n lison ivi. uwnntnn. reurmg president, of Washington EUte college, to be staff director ef the. United SUtes advisory commission on nuormauon. Animcl Crcc!:cr3 y WARREN GOODRICH lCK. yt!7 Lock ase in iSe eye aaj Hi r scooooe - ' i lb' ' ' : . . . t I - : i - f . . -' - . . - ? I addition to the Salem ecnol system, photo). (Story Pes2). 4 s - - ' ' i - WASHINGTON, Sept 17 - 3T and air force men wilt conduct atomic warfare training in connection with forthcoming- tests pi nuclear weapons at Frenchmen's Flats, Nevada. The army announced today - tt will ha drawn; from tne six s continental armies in the United? States. "Within the safety and security requirements of the test program," the annoucement said. Hinits in 'Exercise Desert Rock will- have the oprxrtunity to test the prin ciples of organization and, training applicable to military operations under conditions involved in atom ic warfare. j ; The troop units involved will establish a battle position for a battalion combat team, .Including entrenchments, barbed wire and emplacements. : 1 Prior " to the detonations - the troops will withdraw to pre-deter-mined.: positions of safety, ' . - This military phase if a train ing - exercise which is separate from the scientific developmental work at the Atomic, Ooergy , Com- mission test site.1 i-V' The Atomic Energy Commission announced August 28 that a new set of atomic explosions would be set of f in the near future at the Nevada proving ground.? No date was announced. . -g Commanding the atomic test ex ercise of troops will be Maj. Gen. William B. Kean, fornier com mander of the 25th Infintry di vision in Japan and ; Kjrea and now commander of the Third corps at Camp Roberts, OUf. i The I announcement ' gaid the army Is carrying out the exercise "to take advantage of the ODDor- t unity i afforded by these activi ties (the atomic weaDons tests to indoctrinate uniformed person nel ot me mree services In the military aspects of nuclear de tonations. ! F- 0a Plant Blast KiUs4Meii J WOOD RIVER, ITL, Sept 17-W) Four workmen were JUUed and at least 52 others were (injured to night in a terrific explosion and fire that rocked the Shell? Oil com pany's huge refinery at nearby ftoxana. r . ip , Three bodies, all badljf burned, were pulled from flames, soon af ter the explosion. A; fourth was puHed from the charred debris by rescue; worxers an nourpater. ! The explosion occurred In a Dart of the -plant where high test gaso line Is processed, A Icompany workman said it was possible that some of the oiL which reaches an extremely high temperature in the era c Jang process, had! not drained and when the cleaning crew droD- ped the bottom head of ' the unit the hot oil escaped, exploding as it came into contact with the air. : WASHINGTON, Sept:i7-(VA jet plane crash and - a resulting serious fire" on the Carrier Essex yesterday (.Monday, Korean time) killed j two men, left, five unac counted for and injured 13, the navy j announced tonight The Essex was in operation $ff Korea. The; nary announcensent con tinued: . J y . -f "A twin jet Banshee ( one of the newest operational fighters used by the navy) coining in for a land ing on the carrier deck failed to hook the arresting g?ar properly, bounced over all deck barriers and crashed into other jet; aircraft parked on the fore part of the flight deck. The resulting Ere de stroyed four jet fighters and ex tensively damaged four ethers. . "There was no xnajar d!na;s to the ship." ;. ' S 1 I - mount district attended their first window at right Although classes ones work remains to oe done . 1uF - Approximately 5,000 army, navy I that a battalion combat team with I T.mviA-A Th. MTtAnn.l will tration - - i es Miimp l amette A total Of 868 Willamette uni- versity students will begin classes today. That was the -number officially enrolled at the school for . r 8 . ilUI c , ul )C 1931-52 year fell considerably I . rrwr",cutv"- ment of 889 for a comparable date. Freshmen furnished the bulk of the enroUment with an unofficial count f 312. - - twm riivTctnn ifti claimed the largest enrollment am- wig me acnoois wiui upper . i ... . . i Regis Figur AtMl division counted 262; .lower divis- aer m so-caiiea ciassincauon sys ion music 31 and - lower division tenu; Under the classification music 29. Seventy-three were system, the background of every reistered in the- law school. Of convict would be studied when he these 24 were first vear. 26 second year. Only one woman, Carlotta Hendricks, third vear student from Salem. was on the law. school reg-1 istry through tabulations of Mon- day night. Registration closes October I.I The big freshman class swung into school activites Monday after- warden, . prison physician, chap noon by electing a temporary class lainj psychiatrist and others in chairman. Chosen for the post was terested in prison problems. "From Tom Schrock, last yeaVs student the day a man enters the prison body president at Bend high sen- ool. Francis smith or Portland's Grant high school was elected J ''"J-ukwium vI the ClaSS. s tvhn. mhA nti 7r. tsm .;ai tai-irot n - tvities . carnival designed to ac- quaint them with campus activit- ies. Last night University. Presid- would be; the maximum unisn ent G. Herbert Smith and Mrs. I ment. He prefers instead, he said, Smith welcomed students at a re- ceptionj in University house. H-Bbmh Plant to Cost over 1 Billion nrictmrromxT c a Kt , n?esctived.r& called today for the spending of more than $1,000,000,009 on one plant alone. On th hT. ftf rffrlofi,tr."fhaf .. . . . : : this country already has secret. fantastie instruments of; death. President Truman asked for $484,- 240,000 additional for a plant now being built in South Carolina. His reauest brought the total for that venture to $1,180,000,000.. - The (South Carolina river plant! along the Savannah river, is de - signed to produce ingredients fori the H-bomb. GGex Awe None cf the dead or missici was from the northwest The report that no major dam - age to the carrier could be at-1 high school where she is a sopho tributed to the fact that the flight more, and Terrance, 8. will at- decks and all topside structures are steeL making them fireproof. Customarily, carriers us in addi tion to the steel cable arresting gear, which catches a hook at the tail of a landing plane, an emer gency barrier or barriers to stop a plane which fails to hock its arresting gear. Hx tensive fire fighting equip ment, designed especially for com batting ou-fed fires or exploding ammunition, are part cf'the dam age! control-gear kept for instant readiness on the Eight deck, - The injured included: George Edward Price, AP 3, parents 2-Ir. and Mrs. Jake Price, box tZ2, North Eeni, Ore. "Warden . lists New . Public protection first; rehabili tation of prisoners second was the policy set - down by L Virgil .:. J, CrMalley who took oyer Monday as warden of .the Oregon state penitentiary. OMalley, ' formerly i associate warden of California state prison. moved in to his new nost succeed ing George Alexander -I woo be came superintendent of the peni tentiary The wardenshin will include full custody of misoners whom he plans to treat on an Individual basis rather; than by groups. A prisoner with a grievance should bring it to the warden directly and not through a grievance com mittee, O'Malley said. Warden O'Malley said point edly; that there was still a place for convict committees i to func tion. Recreation committees with' in the prison serve a very useful purpose, but there is no place for a group such as the "committee of six i blamed for much of recent prison agitation' O'Malley said. n Mass Interviewi The warden emphasized that he, and not the prisoners, would op- 4. U K M NT . t JTA r. ..7" JZL -i Sjmiiuj WIIU Ul UllClVltWS VI prisoners, he said. O Malley spent most of tne day conferring with state and prison officials including his Deputy Warden Eugene Halley. He said many policies he has in mind can not be outlined until he has be come familiar with the institution. the Oregon laws relating to th conduct of the prison, and other factors. "From now on, the convicts will know what the prison rules are. O'Mallev said. "The nenltenMarv j, tmhlle institution and is oner- ated at public expense for the purpose of protecting the public, may be accomplished first, ing ; their prescribed periods of mnA ei . k bringing about reformation when --jki- i I; ' r . ZL . . ' ' arainuis . O'Malley "said -he. particularly was I interested in setting up an extensive program m of i vocation, i , , , 1 , " Bi9rf,mt Anrt Hnnrfli training iin enters the institution. "Such a study, O'Malley said. "would provide the prison au- thorities with information at to i what methods would be best in I individual cases." -p The classiiication group pron- t ably would be composed of the we will start working toward his parole," O'Malley said. T ctrd privileges j . ft,...,.. ..IJ , . -V.,,- I ixiaixj iu una vuivu. mat some prisoners wouia require conunuai custooiai atxenuon wmie wultl no ?e,m?d tt ? mat jcominepeni uuoauoo punishment by taxing away tnsti- j tution privileges. He said he would grant as many privileges w pris oners as possible j and it would then i be up to theei to retain the privileges by good; conduct , ; "All citizens hate a right-and H uuij w uiuw uuw uie uuut.u- be the policy of the Warden to FKa lrdirilual rplpvant tart tvrtain- in to the operation of the peni- 1 4 vitfan O'lfllo I j "- From Warden's Office f S "Statements of general lnstitu- J tional policy and spot news having I to do with such matters ox public I interest as escapes and crimes I committed on the! premises snail be issued only through the office 1 of the warden. "This restriction,' O'Malley said, "is! not made with I an intent to conceal, or color any information but rather: to insure the accuracy of news concerning the oenitentiary. i .Warden; and Mrs. O'Malley and their two children arrived in Salem late Sunday night from their former home at Soledad, Calif. The family 1 will live in cottage at the Oregon state hos- cital temporarily, until the war I den's home at .the prison is va- I cated. The children. Patricia, 14, 1 was enrolled Monday t at Salem tend Richmond school! where he is in the third grade. Coast Playsff At Hollywood 0. Seattia S American Learne At New York 2. Cleveland 1 At Boston 12, Chicago i ; Cmij ganca scheduied. . -- " National Leags i- . At Cbics S. Brooklyn S At St. Louis t PluladelpUa t (19 tnninss ; , . . CrnXj gma scheduled, s f-7 -. S , vi j Policies i i- ' " i '"m 1 I II . I ..II.,- I ll 1-1 ..i -. .. 1 I Salem Woman : I 'Pleads Guilty' to Back-Seat Drivings ' A salem woman admitted; Monday to back-seat driving, i and in court. - - ; When Municipal Judge Perry j Bur en called the name of a man j cited on a charge of going j through a red light, a woman in . the courtroom spoke up that she was the accused's wife and "it; ; was my fault. - L .Queried as to how that could! be, she said she was back-seat j driving. Judge Buren ' said he couldn't accept a guilty plea! from a substitute defendant (not) under oath), but he set bail at $5 ' and the "honest woman" indi-; cated bail would be forfeited. i Ex-RFC Aide t Tells of Gifts ; From Lithof old WASHINGTON. Cept 17-WVA discharged chief of loan operations for the RFC told senators today he was presented with gifts from the American Uthofold Corp., aft er helping the St Louis printing firm get loans totalling $645,000. Testifying before the senate in vestigations i subcommittee, Frank Prince, said his gifts included 'one small ham." a turkey, boxes of oranges J and perfume and a camera. Senator I'cCarthy (R Wis) estimated the camera to be worth $103.1 .. --t v ! The senata Inquiry eroun Is looking .into charges that William M. Boyle jr democratic national chairman, used his political Influ ence to help American Uthofold borrow money from the Recon struction Finance corporation. , Prince said his gifts came from R. J. Bauner, who at the time was vice president ar l general man ager of Lithofold. But he added that he wouldn t do anything more for Blauner "than I'd do for any one else." : : , . Prince said that as chief of loan operations for the RFC he assign ed a .new loan examiner to the Lithofold case after the firm re peatedly had failed to get approval foi loans. ' Eventually the loans wisre.gr anted. '- Prince was fired last May 10 bv w, Stuart" feynungton, new RFC administrator.- i Fighting Fierce a ! T7. S. EIGHTH ARMY 'HEAD QUARTERS. Korea, Tuesday, Sept 18 The allies seized two heights, were jolted off a third and held on grimly against red threats to others Monday in sav age fighting for east Korea's fog- shrouded hills. t. ; The aroused North Koreans threw In counterattack after coun terattack against American, Turk ish, Ethiopian and South Korean troops. Battles raged along an arc curv ing eastward from north of Yang- gu up over the punchbowl and then to the area ox coastal &an song.'' a .! . 1 . In the air, the Far East air force concentrated on the reds hard-hit rail system, cutting the lines in nearly 100 places Monday. The eastern battle of the hills dwarfed some new UN hill as saults in the central and east central sectors of the ; 130-mile battle line. Attempt to Escape From Jail Fatal EUGENE, Sept H-6FV-A fall from a second-story window of the city hall here caused the death yesterday, of Charles P. Rennie, 34, Eugene. i Rennie was arrested Saturday night on a drunk charge and fell from a lavoratory window. Police Chief Ted Brown said. He appar ently was attempting to escape, Brown added, Chest of Great Value to Salem i .-;.'H. E. Barker ' Sc, Saleat Laker Cornea ' I believe in and support the Salem Community Chest be- cause of its great value to our h c o mmunity, f It makes Sa I lem a better 1 place In umich to live and raise ' our families. f By contrib- '.. utinf to the ; Chcit you ' -: elim I n a t e . many drives i'..-. - -that- would otherwise be held. It Is a true democratic and voluntary way in which to maintain the many character building and relief agencies that the Ccrrjcurity Chest rapports. - ' ! ' ") Goal $123,CC3; Drive Oct X-1S In East Kore More On-Street Parking Eyed i Dn-street as; weH as off-street parking possibilities In north Sa lem will be explored by- Salem city council In , connection with its agreement to Imake up parking space lost he Portland road widening by the state highway de-. partment .. : This was decided aV city hall Monday night during an informal conference of aldermen. They also touched on bus terminal changes proposed in connection - with the one-way street , traffic plan, on sidewalk policy "changes and on short-term downtown parking. . f No policy decisions were made, pending regulfr sessions of the council, but it B was agreed to put on exhibit in city hall this week the bus terminal changes so inter ested merchants and bus riders could study the proposals In ad vance of the new t- f fie plan ex pected to go In operation about October 13. New developments In the north Salem parking: issue were these: City officials are to see how many of a possible 22 street park ing spaces can be provided on the west side of Portland road 4 be tween Academy and Highland streets, through '-Kiation or tale of strips along the road by prop erty owners. Four already have agreed to donate property, Mayor Alfred Loucks said. ; Availability ibf a Dairy Cooper ative association property across Academ street from the dairy plant will be Checked. This would parK about 20 cars. . Meanwhile. 1 further considera tion will be given the proposed leasing of twoli properties or parts of either along the highway for off-street parking. These are own ed by w. J. Davies on the east side of the highway near Hall .street and by Robert Forkner on the west side between Highland and Columbia streets. Either property in its entirety would park about 35 cars; ; !. . Latest checkup of parking spa ces needed showed a total of 41 to compensate for no - parking re strictions imposed by the state to make the highway a full four lanes through north Salem. More Meat Price Hikes Authorized i - WASHINGTON, Sept 17 - The government announced today the price of more meat products is going up. p The office of price stabilization (OPS) announced a new regula tion allowing jan increase in the cost of corned, barbecued ' and other processed beef. The regula tion will be effective JMs Satur day. - OPS didn't estimate how much the increase will be; they will vary according to a proces sot's costs. Max. n VI 6S Min.Precip. U jM 85 .00 6 . .trca 44 JM U JM Salem ' , Portland San rnndsco Chicago 74 New York ' i 77 umtstn-tt rlvtr m&M feet. TonirrAST I from VS. weather bu reau. McNary be Id, Salem): Mostly nisht. Hixh today near 90, low tonight 4 MwinniiMi winn UKUT iOU w near so. i itni witrrrprr ATlOM aurt ml Weather leu aeps. a This Year last Tear a trace Kormal .71 lnliortl FranklW. Setdeinier, Son of WooufarisFomuer,D SUUimia News tenrlet . --i WOODBURY, Sept 17-Frank Wilson Settlemier, 78, son of the founder of Woodburn, died Sun day night at pa Salem hospitaL He had been in failing health for several months. - . Settlemier was widely known as s farmer and- nurseryman and as the son of the late Jesse H. Settle mier, credited with founding Woodburn.;. f . Jesse'B parents had crossed the plains in 1643 headed for Califor nia, but came to Oregon instead and settled near Mt Angel. Jesse Settlemier came here and bought the Woodburn nursery In 1870. He incorporated the city Feb. 20, 1ES3, and became its first mayor. He gave a parcel of land free in Woodburn to 8 anyone who would construct a binding on It Prank Settlemier was born at Woodburn, Atg. 18. 1873. He lived in this ccmmtni.ty all his life. He was educate i in. local schools and rraduated f t o ra t h e Portland business ccll?r. : He rr.arrle.1 U&llt Janes of Stal- LI Succumbs Lloyd T. Riches Lloyd Riches, Paper Plant Manager, Dies Lloyd T. Riches, Hce president and general nanager of the West ern Paper Converting ; company, died Monday in a Salem hospital after a prolonged Illness. j Riches had net ' been in good health for two years. He suffered a stroke last June 1 and never fullyj recovered. ? I Deceased was prominent na tionally in the paper specialty business for many years and spent considerable time in Washington, D.C.UZ member of the war pro duction be rds advisory commitn tee in World Wa. n. He was in the army in World War I. Prior to coming to Salem in 1925 to help form the Western Faoer convert ing (company, he was associated with several Oregon newspapers, owning two of them. t i He served as president of the Columbia Empire j Industries in 1946 and 1947. I Survivors Include the widow, Mrs. Opal Riches; three sons, Da vid and T, R. Riches of Salem and Robert Riehet of Sacramento, Calit; a daughter, Mrs. Albert Lindbeck of Portland; three sis ters,? Mrs. Joe Chambers of Sa lem, Mrs. J. Carman of Portland and Doris Riches of Salem and Harold Riches of Vancouver, WaSh. (Story also on page 4) . i - y I ... . ; Steam-Driven fcafWjhsRace h - I : . t v- -. 4 ;- : ( NEW YORK, Sept 17-flP)-A jteam-driven auto and an equally indent gas buggy wound up their Chicago-New York race today, the Steamer the winner by about 37 minutes in their battle against age and time. : - The two relics off the byways of yesteryear a 1913 Stanley Steam er and" a 1911 Stoddard-Dayton rasoline machine chugged into modern Rockefeller Plaza and were greeted by a crowd of about 300 persons after thehowdown. The steamer, driven by 76-year-old 'Jack Bra use, i one-time vice resident of the Stanley Steamer company, wheezed to the . finish line a minute ahead of Rube DeLaunty'i buggy. m m Mav 11. 1898. She died in 1942. Her widower has presented Woodburn with two city parks, one in honor of his father and the otn- r In mffnonr of his Wile. In operating the nursery Settle mier shipped fruit trees to aH parts of the nation. His family had been In tha nursery business for 101 years. Settlemier believed his family was second to only one oth er family la America in this re- Active In many enterprises Set tlemier at one time was cashier and director of the Bank of Wood burn. He was representative in the Oregon state legislature in 1925. K was a member of the EiS lodge and was prominent in Masonic circles and was past grana master cf the Woodburn lodge ICS, AF & AM, and cf the grand lodge of Oregon. Only ; surviving close relative is a sister, Mrs. Del Guiss ef Portland. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 19, at the Rirgo chapeL at 2:30 p. m. Inter ment wiU be at Eeile I'arii cemet ery. i : - ': jim3MtfS . -. , t - f '' '"' v' V' , , -- - I .1 -! 1 Brownout Plan Delayed; 1 WASHINGTON Sept H - CSV Conservation cf power in jlhe Pa cific northwest - was ordered to night, but an I expected "brown out" order was delayed. I t Secretary of the Interior Chap man announced the orderi effec tive immediately, designating cer tain essential s defense industries which must continue to recein electric power. - ; ; f . , Chapman said that if th water flow in . the northwest . continues to drop, supplemental orders will be issued Invoking a "brownout' on non-essential display lighting and limiting deliveries to; Indus trial consumers. ; I- , The order, Issued by the de fense electric jwer administra tion (DEPA) i and approved by Chapman, is effective until March 31, 1952, unless terminated by an earlier order. ; . To Resume Normalcy f- j Normal river flow conditions are i expected by thkt date. I The new order specifically' pro tects the following defense- indus tries from any? curtailment: i 1. All of the atomic-! energy i plants in the Pacific northwest 1 1. The Spokane, wash- magne sium plant I . Y f 3. The Pennsylvania Salt Co. plant in Portland; Ore. f i "Curtailments ; In loads having firm commitments for power will not be made until all available steam generation, operating on m i round-the-clock basis, is !. unable j to meet the power requirements of the area, Chapman said. i . -f-- - PORTLAND,! Ore, Sept 17-Jn -A cut of some 30 per cent in the i Pacific northwest light metals in- dustry's power supply wasjorderea today by the Bonneville . adminis- tration. J ;" -- ,. : - , Industry officials Immediately began a search for new power sources to keep production at mi high leveL J ' Lew Stream Flow Bonneville said at an emergency meeting that the low stream flow on the Columbia river.l whicn turns the huge hydro-electric gen- 1 erators made it: necessary to cut off about 200,000 kilowatt! of in- terruptible power at midnight In- I terruptible power is that which is f not under firm contract and whicn ; fluctuates with the river Cow. Officials ctl 1 aluminum" com- ? panies said they hoped to get ! steam-generated power to replace I part of the cut off supply. ' ' j The Kaiser Aluminum reduction j plant at Meadi Wash, near Spo- ! kane, said the scut would put two j of Its seven potllnes out of, service and bring about a layoff of some 250 Production would fbe cot about 6,000,000 pounds of alu minum a month, a spokesman said. The other potlines have firm power. i ; ':. I : Another 250 f workers lat tne Kaiser Trentwood alumimini .roll ing mill, east of Spokane,! win be out of jobs, Mead officials said. because tne plant -can't roil metai If it doesn't get it from Mead." I Snokesmen ior the Reynolds Metals aluminum plant a Troul dale, Ore : and the Aluminum Company -of America plant, at Vancouver, Wash, said tbey did not expect to cut down production immediately. I j i 5 -1 i ator m Exile After Bitin CORAL GABLES, JTa, Bept 1 T -VP - A six - foot alligator mat j May Meanllayofis AlUg gGirl broke the bones in a niue j - arm trying to crag her nta tr; . murky waters of a rockpit was ; captured today and extfed dp in; the swampy Evergladex , ; Tbe reptile trose hungrily to as loaf cf bread Wangled byf Florida' wild-life officers and wa$ ifissjea and carried off in a trucK. it i is, against the law to kill alligator in Florida.- r t Lr,, Tbe law protecting adgatjrs in Florida was passed several year ago when conservationist said th Saurians were in danger pt being: exterminated by hunters, ift shop owners and tourists. Gaors tt ail ages formerly were shipped out o the state, as pets and to in ke lea j. ther goods, i I j "' t - - m The alligator's victim, nine-year-old Jerry Gustalsoit recov ered sufficiently from yciterdav.'s ' terrifying experience to S:t up m bed and talk fcbout it Two bones ' were fractured in her rUht fcre arm and there were teeti marks: from wrist to shoulder.-.' f . i Jerry said fi-,e aUi.ritotf eprcar- ed -wbHe she; end Parker hiratt were .-fishing f ar rninno. wiia as makeshift net; : f " ? 'The gator, jumped- out cf tne . -water . "like a .porpoise"! and t -1 her arm, the stid. He 1 t d -4 I U.e bey pulled Jier to il . ty. i !